New tools from Work.com keep companies going during coronacrisis
Salesforce has added some new features to Work.com to help keep companies running during the corona pandemic.
The new Employee Workspace is a digital hub where employees can find all tools they may need to work from home. These tools include productivity apps, learning platforms and payroll syst...
Microsoft improves noise suppression in Teams
Microsoft has added a new feature to Teams to suppress background noise during video calls better. The software also receives the ability to send notifications to the built-in notification features in Windows 10 and macOS.
Now that many people are working from home because of the corona pandemic...
Zoom’s end-to-end encryption will roll out in 4 phases
Zoom will start rolling out end-to-end encryption next week. The company plans to begin with a technical preview to get feedback from users in the first 30 days. After that, it will follow phase 1 with three more stages before fully launching.
The announcement was made on Wednesday as part...
Embracing Shadow IT could accelerate enterprise growth
Accepting Shadow IT can actually help companies expand in the time of COVID.
Global cybersecurity leader Forcepoint and ICT giant Fujitsu have joined forces to help businesses meet the challenges of Shadow IT in the modern enterprise.
"Shadow IT" refers to the use of unapproved tools and pl...
Slack introduces secure features to make business messaging better
This week, Slack is holding its Frontiers conference virtually. The company is introducing new features that will make messaging between partners simpler. Similarly, Slack is also talking about experimental features it will add on the platform soon.
Features to aid communication with partners ou...
Google announces Tables, a competitor to Asana, Trello and Monday.com
Google announced its beta version of Tables, an experimental project tracking service designed to compete with other leaders like Airtable, Asana, Monday.com and Trello. The service was created by Area120, which is Google's unit that deals with the creation of testing new product ideas.
Tables i...
Microsoft updates Teams for iOS and Android, adding Cortana
The Android version of the update includes additional features not found on the iOS release.
Microsoft released two updates this week to enhance its popular Teams app on both Apple iOS and Google Android platforms. The Sept 17th update, Version 2.0.21, added support for Cortana, and today’s up...
Microsoft’s will use “MetaOS” to restructure its 365 platform
The new system helps the company's pitch its products for consumers and business as a part of a "whole life experience."
Recently, Microsoft watchers have heard about the company's "MetaOS" that is being deployed to revolutionize Microsoft's productivity platforms across the board.
The new Me...
Google and Lenovo partner up to release video conferencing hardware
Google is investing even more in videoconferencing with the launch of Google Meet Series One hardware, in partnership with Lenovo. The Google Meet Series One room kits are made for companies that have already shifted to a “distributed team” work model during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Google is ...
GitHub released beta integration for Microsoft Teams
GitHub, which is owned by Microsoft, has announced a public beta of a GitHub integration for Microsoft Teams. The beta means that developers on GitHub now can add the GitHub app to Microsoft Teams, the same way that they have been able to do with Slack.
GitHub and Slack came together back in 201...
Microsoft makes Lists generally available as an add-on to Teams
Microsoft has now made its Microsoft Lists app generally available as an add-on to the popular Teams app. This means that the Lists app, which recently announced a new Build, is available for Microsoft 365. Users will be able to deploy it on Teams.
The Lists app is a team-based tab app that trac...
Zoom for Home is getting a smart display compatibility upgrade
Zoom announced on Wednesday that it is adding compatibility upgrades for smart displays on Zoom for Home, their home-office conferencing kit. Zoom for Home will work in tandem with Amazon’s Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, and Facebook's Portal.
Zoom launched its new Home category last month. T...